The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1968, Blaðsíða 42

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Spring 1968
THE MIDWINTER GATHERINGS
The annual midwinter gatherings
held in Winnipeg the latter part of
February were this year reduced to
four.
They opened on Sunday, February
25, with the usual type of service held
in the First Lutheran Church on Vic-
tor St. An unusually large number of
people attended. The service part was
conducted by Dr. V. J. Eylands, as-
sisted by Rev. P. M. Petursson. Hymns
were sung by the choir joined in by
those in attendance, and Mrs. Lincoln
Johnson, sang a solo. Dr. Richard Beck
delivered an inspiring address and
afterwards refreshments were served in
the lower church parlor.
The Monday evening concert was
under the auspices of Fron, the Win-
nipeg chapter of The Icelandic Nation-
al League, all in Icelandic. Miss Car-
oline Gunnarson read a selection and
Dr. Richard Beck delivered an original
poem. Duets were sung by the West-
dal sisters, Carol and Laureen. Miss
Heida Kristjansson gave a piano solo
and a piano duet was played by Carol
Westdal and Helga Stefanson.
Dr. V. J. Eylands gave an address
which he entitled “SverS andans”.
The address has been published in Ice-
landic and at least parts of it should
be translated and made available to
the general public. Skuli Johannsson,
the President of Fron, was in the chair.
The Icelandic Canadian Club
decided to drop the Tuesday luncheon
this year. Protests were heard, and the
incoming executive will probably give
thought to reviving it or finding a
substitute.
On Tuesday afternoon Rev. Philip
M. Petursson, the President of The
Icelandic National League, presented
a bust of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the
Arctic explorer, to Dr. George John-
son, representing the Government of
the Province of Manitoba. Later the
bust was formally accepted by Mr.
M. B. Steinkopf, President of the Man-
itoba Centennial Corporation for in-
stallation in the Manitoba Centennial
Centre.
The Icelandic Canadian Club con-
cert was held on Tuesday night and
the Parish Hall of the church was
packed. Miss Heather Pinchin sang a
group of songs, Miss Louise Bundnick
played a violin solo and a piano solo
was rendered by Mrs. Kerrine Stewart-
Hay, nee Wilson.
Norman S. Bergman, President of
the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce,
gave an address which appears in this
issue of the magazine.
The following scholarships were
presented:
Gordon Gislason, the Icelandic Can-
adian Club Scholarship.
Janis Johnson, the Icelandic Good-
Templars Scholarship.
Sandra Sigurdson, the Mrs. Kristin
Johnson Scholarship.
Paul Nielson, the George Magnusson
Estate Scholarship.
Richard Hordal, the Jon Olafson
Scholarship.
T. R. Einarson, the Harold Olson
Scholarship.
Janet Madden, donor of scholarship
anomymous.
Garnet L. E. Ullyot, Lenore Borgford,
Melba Eliasson, Martin Keli Mc-
Nicholl and Ingrid Roed, were award-
ed Canada-Iceland Foundation Schol-
arships.